The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-25

Z ~. pA5ESs "Iyanhoe," had a
EIL e9cNNiA house built upon the
NA.X 49, same principle which
n sIEmSS he vas exceedingly
SMNS8XO proud OF, but to be sure
*N there is no reason why
" "a New Workers OF this
day should be bound
by the taste OF Ccdrlu ulc raNon. 1nDrc
is a feeling that "a market 10 be fairly
creditablc Il the city ought TO be built in
fifteen or twenty stories, 50 that different
products could DC displayed on different
floors bees, for instance, ON the first, NUT
ton or the second, and 50 on TO the top,
which might be devoted 20 reed birds. For
my part, | have long thought that there rs
considerable attractivcncss in the Wash
ington market which We have. For one
thing. il is m historic place. Many times
while resting in il shadows have ! pom
dcred upon the people who have known II,
and To whom in Onc way or another IL has
administered Our packet ships used To
come in at the whatycs nearby III the
days when Capt. Slmucls commanded
the. Drcadnaught, and when American
clippers were IN the habit OF showing
their heels Ia all rivals; and many
strangers from over the sca-eminent and
obscure, remarkable and commonplace.
bcheld this venerable market, aud warmed
themselves with the cheer OF It's associated
coffee stalls, in what We call the good old
tunes. Very likely IL was one Of the inst
places IN the new world that the cXilcd
Narihaldi set eyes upon, and | refrain
from intimaling how many Others OF an IL
lustrious line Oi oyictcd patriots looked
upon IL in the early days aud reflected
upon the possibilities within reach oi an
army Of lrce-spiritcd insurgents, II only
they might bc backed with such u mag
niiiccnt commiSSiriat. From u considcrl-
ton OF that honorable aud cnyiablc host
who have carried ON business in the mar
kut ! also refrain, except that ! would like
"a say that the invinciblc Tony llycr, the
true American, and the chief OF pugilists
OF a past aye, was an actor amid these
scenes, a butcher among these stalls, aud
that Il was in this beef and this mutton
that he found the nurture for those trc-
mcndous thews and muscles which tri.
unphcd over every adversary that ever
came against him. except onc-the pistol
bullet which terminated his earthly
career.
Without doubt Il is in n measure incon-
gruuus 10 hc thinking Of that great, bury
and stormy citizen ~ | stand here on the
edge OF Washington market this night,
when Christmas ~ NJ hand and when the
snow Is falling. look upon the snow a.
one of the chief mcrcics that the city
knows. II hides the clgys and bushes the
clattcr. The moonlight does as much for
the eye, but nothing Tor the ear, in the
city. do not know whether any one has
ever estimated how much injury is
wrought b. human nerves by the inccsSlnt
beating oi the iron~hod wheels and hoOls
of this s,upendoas town upon its cobblc-
stones, but ! no know that when II SHOWS
here | feel like a man coming out Of a
nightmare or getting well Of fever. The
o II very beautiful when IL comes toss
ing into the streets in the daytime, but It
makes positive magic II the gas-lamps arr
lighted. Tonight II flies ms though Il had
a mind 10 ovcrwhelm M. IL will be n
white Christmas, aud the grnycyards will
not b. ilitcncl. Tho narrow streets arc
filed with the snow. IL darts along and
across, and EWirls upward, fine and buoy.
ant like smoke, or the spray Of the sea.
The LAMPS arr yellow hlurs. The horizon
II very near, AMI people come out OF IL and
vanish into II with surprising s%uddcnncss.
IL might h. a horizon oi wool, arranged
1 NA WY NNNNN W w. NNRhkNN fHANNANN w
offering an absolute barrier to the vision.
Acro-s the narrow area that Is visible men
go plunging aud rolling. with a swing o.
the shoulders such as sailors have. They
arc bOnnetcd aud cplulctcd with white
their breath l. smoke. their tread Is with
out sound. Only the ghosts Of trucks ans
wagons arc abruad; they ac visible, bu
shadoWy and noisclcss.
lot M look into thr market. IL wa
cheerful without, AMI within IL Is cheer
: ful. Ilcrc II u city. with 100 streets
walled into beef and mutton instead O
houses. There nru chickens enough hen
% have furnished all ancient Greece will
pot pie, aud grc-c an ducks enough q
, make u pnntO1n bhdgp lcrDN the Amazon
a.. There D. iush aud coined neat Chicagl
1 dressed aud home killed: there arr pic
and apples and acres Of flaming cranbcr
, res. From great iron hooks hang the car
cases 1T dgHr, harce. qudl, ~parlndgos nni
al the game the continent affords, anl
. turkeys IN this vast Interior arc ~ counties
NJ the snowilakcs cub Who cars u /
; IL m~mshacklo aud nl on the ground
J. Thcr Is no peer 10 II iu III the markets o
/ the World.
: AsItty 10 look about I mn joetlcd D..
. aproned butchers and hy the mi-ccllancou
4 crowd. What n crowd % Ia which the gul
lights Of Washington market reveal IL |
1 n loosely constructed market, with yer.
j. Hospitality oIen sides, and IL docs seem u
4 though the whole toNn had come In o
Q was cunning. BEHIND hr corner Of a stal
y | find q nook. which J. uut u thctdc, an,
y FROM which I am able ~ look around
u little. Al the butch"s arc burly an
. red ~ face, and The ret 81 ia
, throng II Cor the no. part ruddy frOn
i the storm aud bundle up into ptunl
J. SHAPES. ~ IL happen, hat my notice /
4 dip,ctly attracted by q pLc aud slcndc
man who h drifting along toward mo will
J. the stram. His scedl nay hair frames
z somewhat cadaycrpus iaur, which he hold
"a up proudly, pcrhaps tu counioract thI
q impression Which pcoplr might form iron
q the fact Of his being sIthout an oyorcoa
and wearing n stnae pat on such an In
> element evening. j have nccn the gcn
tloman before In Newspaper row, am
have been made aequ1iuted with one q
two points concerning him. lie lives over
millincr's shop in Division street, In
nom which cJsts = . month, aud IN
years has bccn wriiing % hook which II b
y b. entitled The Ana rs and History O